Jing Hongchen arrived at the palace, just about to salute, "Your subject Jing Hongchen, greets Your Majesty..."
"No need for formalities, no need for formalities." The Emperor hastily interrupted, "My dear minister, you must have already guessed why I urgently summoned you. Please immediately proceed outside the city and bring Fiery Prince back. Him going alone to a branch altar guarded by a Titled Douluo, isn't that just seeking death? He doesn't have a Body Sect master protecting him now."
Emperor Sun Moon clearly thought the same as Xu Tianran, not believing that Shadow Douluo was killed by Yuwen Tuo, but rather that during the assassination, Yuwen Tuo was intercepted by a Body Sect master, and the true killer of Shadow Douluo was the Body Sect master. So now, with Yuwen Tuo facing a Titled Douluo alone, wasn't he just seeking death?
Not long ago, he learned that his chosen crown prince Xu Tianran had already become a eunuch. He was looking to cultivate a new heir, and Yuwen Tuo, with his unparalleled talent and backing from the Body Sect, was naturally an important choice. If he were to clash with the Holy Spirit Cult, everything would become troublesome.
He had originally thought that Yuwen Tuo wouldn't encounter any overly powerful evil soul masters. Who would have thought that as soon as he granted Yuwen Tuo power, on the very next day, Yuwen Tuo would kill evil soul masters in rivers of blood? He feared that the entire year's achievements of the Shrek Oversight Group might not even equal Yuwen Tuo's one night.
If it were any other country, the emperor would undoubtedly be proud at this moment, perhaps even sending a large army to assist Yuwen Tuo. However, this was Sun Moon, the Sun Moon Empire that had long colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult. The Emperor's first thought was simply to make Yuwen Tuo stop killing, as he couldn't continue to offend the Holy Spirit Cult.
Jing Hongchen received the imperial decree and immediately took his flying soul tool, speeding out of the city. He was very familiar with this route, having cooperated for many years. Soon, Jing Hongchen landed at that branch altar.
By this time, Yuwen Tuo and Nana had already left. What he saw was no longer the usual eerie and sinister atmosphere. The scent of blood had buried all other smells, and the ground was completely stained red with endless blood. Corpses lay everywhere, not a single one intact, limbs scattered, bodies decapitated. It was evident how much hatred Yuwen Tuo's moves contained.
Jing Hongchen immediately spotted three corpses in the center. Two of them he recognized at a glance: they were the two vice-masters of this branch altar, a Hypnosis Devil Martial Soul and a Werewolf Martial Soul Soul Douluo. One had all his vital points struck,
dying from blood reversal, and the other had his glabella pierced, dying from brain matter exploding. As for the last headless corpse, even without its head, Jing Hongchen recognized it by its attire as the leader here, Nightmare Douluo, one of the Holy Spirit Cult's Eight Great Elders.
As for the whereabouts of the head, Jing Hongchen guessed that it was likely chopped off and taken by Yuwen Tuo. He seemed to have a strange癖 (quirk) of collecting Titled Douluo heads.
This Yuwen Tuo, so much hatred for Shrek and evil soul masters suppressed for so long, perhaps his mind is a bit unhinged?
"Yuwen Tuo, he actually killed Nightmare Douluo. How did he do it? This time, he's really caused huge trouble."
Regardless of how Yuwen Tuo accomplished the feat of single-handedly killing a Titled Douluo, the biggest problem now was that he had killed a Holy Spirit Cult Elder. How could the Holy Spirit Cult side simply let this go? Once this matter was exposed, he would probably immediately become a thorn in the side of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Jing Hongchen's first thought at this moment was to report back to Emperor Sun Moon. Firstly, to send more people to find Yuwen Tuo and Nana and bring them back as soon as possible. Secondly, to blockade the news, absolutely not allowing this matter to spread.
Unfortunately, his second method had actually failed. That night, when Yuwen Tuo killed, he didn't kill the prospective sacrifices who were being persecuted by the Holy Spirit Cult. Yuwen Tuo saved their lives and liberated the souls of their families.
Filled with gratitude, to enhance Yuwen Tuo's reputation, they had already spread the word throughout Mingdu, telling everyone not to panic. The people who died in those several courtyards were all evil soul masters who had committed heinous crimes. Fiery Prince Yuwen, the imperial prince, had killed them, eliminating a public menace.
For a time, Yuwen Tuo's reputation in Mingdu greatly increased. Ordinary people, unlike the imperial family and Mingdetang, did not know the intricate dealings between the nation and the Holy Spirit Cult. They only knew that evil soul masters were public enemies on the continent, and therefore must be bad. Thus, Fiery Prince Yuwen, who killed bad people, was naturally good, a very simple logic.
Yuwen Tuo, currently rushing towards Fiery City, did not know that he was about to become famous throughout the land. His most pressing concern now was to find that hundred-thousand-year Evil Fire Phoenix, and then advance to Soul Emperor.
Continuously relying solely on the power of the Evil Eye Tyrant would not suffice. He had to reach the great watershed of soul masters, the Soul Saint realm after Soul Emperor, as soon as possible. Thus, even without the power of the Evil Eye Tyrant, he would be confident in killing ordinary Titled Douluo.
The two did not walk quickly, because even if they rushed to Rilun Mountain now, they wouldn't be able to defeat the Evil Fire Phoenix. Yuwen Tuo's second spiritual sea must fully recover, allowing him to summon the Evil Eye Tyrant, before he could use the Evil Eye Tyrant to fight the Evil Fire Phoenix. Therefore, the two traveled while cultivating.
Yuwen Tuo discovered another marvelous use for Nana's martial soul. Her Ghost Martial Soul's fifth soul skill, called Shadow Devour, could devour the enemy's soul power to restore her own soul power.
However, just as when Yuwen Tuo treated Ma Xiaotao, if the gap in soul power between the two sides was too large, this situation could cause a river reversal, where the opponent would absorb one's cultivation in return.
Therefore, Nana deliberately only operated a small amount of her soul power to use this move on Yuwen Tuo, thereby feeding her soul power back to Yuwen Tuo. In this way, Yuwen Tuo, who originally would have needed two days to fully recover,
completely recovered within a single day. Soul power was the foundation of everything. With enough soul power to operate his cultivation techniques, his spiritual power also recovered extremely quickly.
By the time they reached Fiery City, Yuwen Tuo had completely recovered to his peak state, and could summon the Evil Eye Tyrant at any time. Nana, conversely, looked somewhat fatigued due to excessive soul power consumption.
Yuwen Tuo opened a room for her in the city's largest hotel, helped her lie down, and said, "Nana, thank you. Now, get some good rest. After I hunt the soul beast, I'll come pick you up."
With that, he took out a jet-black soul bone from his soul tool. "This is the hundred-thousand-year soul bone from Shadow Douluo Xue Chen. Absorb it immediately after you recover a bit; it can quickly replenish your lost soul power."
Nana quickly said, "No, such a treasure as a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, how can I accept it? Nana doesn't deserve it. Please take it back, Benefactor."
Yuwen Tuo smiled, "Don't mind it. This thing is useless to me. If you become stronger, you can help me better later, can't you?"
Nana nodded, touched, "Thank you, Benefactor. Please be careful in everything!"
Yuwen Tuo walked out of the room and closed the door.
Speaking of which, this Fiery City should theoretically be his fiefdom, but he didn't really consider himself a prince of this country, so he didn't bother to properly inspect how this so-called territory of his was developing.
After buying a map, he went straight out of the city and headed towards Rilun Mountain.
Rilun Mountain was the largest active volcano in the Sun Moon Empire. Volcanic eruptions occurred from time to time, and aside from fire soul masters and fire-attribute soul beasts, few people usually came to that desolate place.
The closer he got to the mountain, the higher the temperature became. Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Yuwen Tuo felt that the surrounding temperature had already exceeded fifty degrees Celsius, making it incredibly hot. Of course, for him, a fire soul master, this temperature was nothing. It was just that the higher he went, the temperature would likely continue to rise.
Although the mountain path was rugged and difficult to traverse, Yuwen Tuo, in order to conserve soul power and avoid attracting the attention of soul beasts, neither used Starfire Soaring Sky nor his flying soul tool. Instead, he walked up the mountain. In any case, this level of physical exertion was akin to a warm-up for him, a quasi-Soul Emperor.
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